The importance of drinking frequency in evaluating individuals' drinking patterns: Implications for the development of national drinking guidelines

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1179-1184

  Paradis, Catherine ^a   Demers, Andrée ^a   Picard, Elyse ^a   Graham, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Binge drinking; Canada; Drinking guidelines; Gender; Moderate drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERATE DRINKING; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANADA; ETHANOL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749166473     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02586.x     Document Type: Article

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